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The key for Lebanon joining the club of fast Internet countries is to uphold “fair competition” among operators while promoting investment in the telecom sector leading to “sustainable innovation.” This requires implementing transparent regulations, equal taxation, and long term licenses to all operators. Like most industries, telecommunications is driven by competition – a mixture of [...]

Is Lebanon’s Internet Godot on the way? Are the “important developments” Telecom Minister Nicolas Sehnaoui announced on July 5 the ring tone the telecom sector and the public have been waiting for? All fingers are crossed and waiting for the draft bill Minister Sehnaoui said he was presenting to the Cabinet in the coming weeks [...]

Launched by Cedarcom five years ago, Mobi is still the undisputed leader on the market. And because we take pride in satisfying our customers’ needs, we owe our clients and partners an apology for the shortage in Mobi USB Dongles and WiFi Routers on the market. Our orders have been held up at Rafik Hariri [...]

All roads for reforming Lebanon’s ailing telecom sector keep leading back to a Telecom policy – or what is known as “General Rules for the Regulation of Telecommunications Services in Lebanon.” The document was developed and authored in 2009 by then Telecom Minister Gebran Bassil after intense consultations, and as per Telecom Law 431/200 granting [...]

The United Nations Human Rights Council last month declared access to the Internet a Human Right [Read the full report here]. We, at Cedarcom, adopted this call and have repeatedly endorsed Broadband access as a basic human right in Lebanon since 2009, through letters to the Telecom Ministry, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), and the [...]